APPRAISER: It's English, it's a diamond ring. These are the old-cut diamonds called rose-cut diamonds. There's a very large one in the center. The design of the ring is, Italian name, giardinetti.

GUEST: Oh, okay.

APPRAISER: And the Italian word giardinetti means "garden"-- giardin-- or a flower arrangement. So the big diamond is the vase.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: And the smaller diamond are the flower arrangements. And that's done over a background of blue, enameled very thick glass.

GUEST: The outside, would that be baguettes, or are they actually individually...

APPRAISER: They're individually cut and faceted stones. It's about 1780. The retail value this ring would achieve, about $10,000.

GUEST: Wow. Well, that's a lot more than... (laughs)

APPRAISER: A lot more than you thought.

GUEST: Thought.